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WGUS44 KJAN 171531
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1031 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON MS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL AFFECTING JONES COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/JAN
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1045 PM CDT.
MSC067-180345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FL.W.0018.260618T1817Z-260622T0600Z/
/LURM6.1.ER.260618T1817Z.260620T0600Z.260621T1200Z.NO/
1031 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TALLAHALA CREEK AT LAUREL.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER OLD SANDERSVILLE
ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.0 FEET EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.0 FEET ON 09/02/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
TALLAHALA CREEK
LAUREL 13.0 2.8 WED 8 AM CDT 8.4 15.2 15.9
LAT...LON 3137 8915 3156 8923 3181 8913 3182 8902
3156 8911 3140 8914
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